“Perhaps it's better if I live in your heart, where the world can't see me. If I'm dead, there will be no stain on our love.”
Greta Garbo“Why haven't I got a husband and children?" mused Greta Garbo to the Dutchess of Windsor, "I never met a man I could marry.”
Greta Garbo“I never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference.”
Greta Garbo“I don't want to be a silly temptress. I cannot see any sense in getting dressed up and doing nothing but tempting men in pictures.”
Greta Garbo“Being a movie star, and this applies to all of them, means being looked at from every possible direction. You are never left at peace, you're just fair game.”
Greta Garbo“Your joys and sorrows. You can never tell them. You cheapen the inside of yourself if you do tell them.”
Greta Garbo“I never said "I want to be alone." I only said "I want to be left alone." There is all the difference.”
Greta Garbo“Snow is like a wide sea. One could go out and be lost in it and forget the world, and oneself.”
Greta Garbo“Is there anything better than to be longing for something, when you know it is within reach?”
Greta Garbo“Anyone who has a continuous smile on his face conceals a toughness that is almost frightening.”
Greta Garbo